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Churn   /tʃərn/   Listen
noun
Churn  n.  A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.


verb
Churn  v. t.  (past & past part. churned; pres. part. churning)  
1.
To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.
2.
To shake or agitate with violence. "Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose."


Churn  v. i.  To perform the operation of churning.





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"Churn" Quotes from Famous Books



... at the churn exchanged a friendly wink. The extracting of coin from the head of the house was no easy process. Mother and son both enjoyed its accomplishment through an outside agency. It was too hard a process in the home circle to be at ...
— 'Way Down East - A Romance of New England Life • Joseph R. Grismer
... toil an' pain, May plunge an' plunge the kirn in vain; [churn] For oh! the yellow treasure's taen [i.e., the butter] By witchin' skill; An' dawtit, twal-pint Hawkie's gane [petted, twelve-pint cow] As yell's ...
— Robert Burns - How To Know Him • William Allan Neilson
... the island, presenting various peculiarities. In the case of one of the smaller ones, which is called Strokr, or the Churn, an eruption can be induced by artificial means. A barrow-load of sods is thrown into the crater of the geyser, with the effect of causing an eruption. The sensitiveness of Strokr is due to its peculiar form. An observer states that, ...
— The San Francisco Calamity • Various
... of geese had been taken care of, and the fresh milk had been put away to cool, Vrouw Vedder got out her churn and scalded it well. Then she put in her cream, and put the cover down over ...
— The Dutch Twins • Lucy Fitch Perkins
... of going to the wells,) they are then employed in pounding the corn, and dressing the victuals. This being always done in the open air, the slaves are exposed to the combined heat of the sun, the sand, and the fire. In the intervals it is their business to sweep the tent, churn the milk, and perform other domestic offices. With all this they are badly fed, and oftentimes ...
— Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa • Mungo Park


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